Tin Woodie Project: 1951 Chevrolet Styleline (opens in new tab)

In the 1930s and 1940s, wood-bodied station wagons were all the rage. But a lot of hand labor and custom wood materials were needed, so they became too expensive to produce over time. 1948 was the last year of the wood-bodies for Chevrolet, replaced by “tin woodies” with faux wood panels that looked like the...